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By David Lindquist

Women, Hysteria, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Rocket and Armageddon It (all from 1987's Hysteria) tumbled out as so much vacuum-sealed Muzak.

Armageddon It did benefit from some nice guitar work by Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell.

Campbell approached the gnarled panache of Queen's Brian May during one solo, giving way to some pleasant liquid lines by Collen.

A half-acoustic, half-electric rendition of pre-Pyromania song Bringing on the Heartbreak was a rare moment when Def Leppard seemed geared for surprise.

More than anything, the night underscored the difference between Pyromania's fresh energy and the calculated coasting of everything that came after.

You'd like to believe revolution is still just a sleeveless Union Jack T-shirt away, but it's much too late for these lads.

By Indianapolis Star 2000.

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